Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800: The Players and The Records

MANN, Sir Horatio ‘Horace’, baronet . (knighted 1768, succeeded as 2nd baronet 6-11-1786) b. 2-2-1744, Egerton, Kent; d. 2-4-1814, Union Crescent, Margate, Kent; buried Linton, near Maidstone, Kent. Educated: Charterhouse; Peterhouse College, Cambridge 1760-63. MP for Maidstone 1774-84, then Sandwich 1790-1807. Kent 1773 (2 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. MANN, Noah . bapt. 14-8-1756, Northchapel, Sussex; d. 8-12-1789, Northchapel, Sussex. He died from burns after falling into a fire. He was a shoemaker and innkeeper. Lhb. (SB has birth date as 15-11-1756.) Hampshire, Surrey, West Kent 1777-84; 1786-9 (56 matches). Single Wicket: 10 matches. MANSFIELD, – . England 1778 (1 match) MARCHANT, J . Brighton 1791-92 (5 matches) MARCLEW, – . (His name also appears as Marklin). Select XI 1795 (1 match) MARTEN, Sir Henry William, baronet (succeeded as 2nd baronet 1-8-1794). b. 20-12-1768 Bishopstown, Co. Cork, Ireland; d. 3-2-1842, London. MCC 1797; 1799-1800 (5 matches); 1801-1813 (2 matches) MARTIN, J . Hornchurch, White Conduit, Middlesex 1787; 1789-91; 1793 (10 matches) MARTIN, T . East Kent 1781; 1783 (2 matches) MATTHEWS, – . Middlesex 1789 (1 match) MAY, Richard . b. c1750; d. c1796. He was a yeoman and gamekeeper. Brother of Thomas (Kent). England, Hampshire, Kent, East Kent 1772-76; 1779-80 (13 matches). Single Wicket: 3 matches. MAY, Thomas . Brother of Richard (Hampshire, Kent). England, Kent 1772-73 (5 matches). Single Wicket: 1 match. MAY, – . Hampshire 1797-98 (4 matches) MELLISH, Thomas . b. c1773; d. 29-7-1837, Uxbridge, Middlesex. Educated: Eton 1783-86. Middlesex, Old Etonians 1793-97; 1800 (22 matches); 1801-1815 (18 matches) MILES, – . Hornchurch 1793 (1 match) MILLER, Joseph . (of Caterham, Surrey); buried 20-10-1799, Bridge, near Canterbury, Kent. He was gamekeeper to 3rd Duke of Dorset. Brother of Richard (Surrey, Kent). Surrey 1774 (1 match) MILLER, Sir John Edward Augustus Riggs, baronet (succeeded as 2nd baronet 28-5-1798). b. 1770, Paris, France; d. 2-8-1825; buried in Bath Abbey. Educated: Eton; Christ Church College, Oxford (matric. 15-10-1789). Lincoln’s Inn 8-4-1788. Old Etonians 1791 (1 match) MILLER, Richard . b. c1743 (of Caterham, Surrey); buried 31-10-1784, Bridge, near Canterbury, Kent. His career is erroneously attributed to Joseph Miller in S&B. He was gamekeeper to Sir Horatio Mann. Brother of Joseph (Surrey). England, Surrey, Kent, East Kent 1772-83 (54 matches). Single Wicket: 8 matches. MILLS, – . Chertsey, England, Surrey, East Kent, West Kent 1778-81 (9 matches) MILSINGTON, Thomas Charles Colyear, Viscount . (from 15-11-1823 4th Earl of Portmore). b. 27-3-1772, London; d. 18-1-1835. MP for Boston (Lincs.) 1796-1802. Hampshire, Surrey 1792-93 (3 matches) MINCHIN, John (he usually appeared as Minshull). b. 1741, Acton, Middlesex; buried 23-10-1793, Kingston, Surrey. He was gardener to 3rd Duke of Dorset. Chertsey, England, Kent, Surrey, West Kent 1772-80 (28 matches). Single Wicket: 3 matches. MONK, – . Oldfield 1792-95 (10 matches) 21